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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1940-04-02 11? SELECTMEN'S MEETING APRIL 2, 1940. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Locke, Rowse and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P.M. Mr. Joseph A. Roes, Supt. of the Water and Sewer Dept. , appeared before the Board. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Harold Conant of 47 Lincoln Street Pool at requesting that a fence be placed around the cement pool old water at the old water works on Lincoln Street. Mr. Conant thought works. this should be done in order to prevent children from falling into the pool. Mr. Ross said that requests had been made previously by the Park Dept. for a permanent fence to en- close this well, but the necessary funds had not been granted, He said that he had discussed the matter with Mr. Garrity and they felt that a temporary protection might be afforded if snow fence was placed around the well. It was decided to borrow enough snow fence from the Highway Dept. to do this and to consider the matter of a permanent fence prior to a fall Town Meeting. The Clerk informed the Board that there were about 135 applications for the position of Supt. of Public Works . Supt. of The applications were divided among the members and the Public Chairman requested them to go over them and be prepared to Works. discuss the matter at the meeting on April 9th. At 7:40 P.M. the following members of the Board of Library Trustees appeared before the Board: Mrs. Putney, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Handley, Mr. Brayton, Mr. Putsch, Mr. Ames, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Ralph Wagon, Librarian, was also present. The Chairman said that the purpose in calling the meeting was to discuss the matter of the Clarke Street land so that there would be some understanding on the matter before the article came up on April 8th at the Town Meeting. He said the actual question was the use of money from the Veterans' Memorial Fund. Some time ago, the Library Trustees voted in favor of the purchase of the land and later the suggestion was made that the money be taken from the Veterans' Memorial Fund. Mr. Chapman said there was no formal vote on the latter, but those who talked it over had no objection to it. The Chairman said that next question was how any additional wing to be built should be named. He said if the funds were going to be used, undoubtedly there would have to be something in the vote putting a mal obligation on the Town that a new wing should be known as "the Veterans' Memorial Wing". He read the vote passed_in 1925 with, rela- tion to the use of the Veterans' Memorial Fund. 118 cc Cl Mr. Houghton said that if later on money from another source should be used to build a wing, it would be rather but of order to name the wing as a memorial to the veterans and leave out entirely the name of the donor of the wing. He asked if there could be a resolution to the effect that a suitable memorial to the veterans could be placed on the lot. Mr. Chapman said that there was an appropriation of 800. that could be used also and Mr. Giroux said that that 800. was for the expenses of the Permanent Memorial Committee. Mr. Rowse said he could not conceive of the Legion approving that money being spent for the purchase of the land upon which a wing would be built for the benefit of the Li Library when it has no assurance that there will be a room for the members or that the members will have any part of it. Mr. Houghton asked how much it would cost to place a tablet there on a atone as a memorial. It was felt it would cost at least $100. Mr. Houghton said that their thought was that if someone was willing to give a much larger sum of money, that the town should not be tied down to naming the wing for the veterans. He thought it would be better to provide some sort of a memorial right now as a part of the land project. Mr. Chapman suggested that additional funds be requested for the purchase of a suitable memorial at this Town Meeting. Mrs. Putney said that the veterans might approve of a tablet on a stone until the wing was built, but she did not see how they would be-satisfied with that alone after a wing was built. Mr. Rowse suggested that the appropriation be increased to $1600. of which $100. could be used for a memorial. Mr. Houghton thought that the veterans should be given assurance that a memorial would be there perpetually, either inside oP outside the building. Upon motion of Mr. Houghton, seconded by Mr. Handley, the following vote was passed: Voted: That the Board of Library trustees approves that purchase of the lot of land on Clarke Street adjoining the Cary Memorial Library, the money to be provided by transfer from the Veterans' Memorial Fund, and also approves the erection on the land of a suit- able permanent memorial to be erected immediately by the Library Trustees in consultation with the Veterans, the cost of said memorial not to exceed $100.00. The Chairman said he would prefer that one of the other Trustees present the motion and argument in this matter, and Mr. Houghton said he would plan to present the motion but had not planned to argue it. Mr. Rowse said that some people were asking why the Library did not expand on its own land along Masa. Avenue rather than along Clarke Street. Mr. Chapman said that the chief reason was as follows : The Library Trustees consulted with Willard Brown, who has the original plan, and asked him to make a suggestion as to how the building should be enlarged and he said that there should be a long low wing 119 making as nearly as possible a symmetrical building. The Library Trustees left at 8:45 P.M. Mr. Sarano moved that the Selectmen approve of a new resolution in place of the one in the votes now and that an additional amount of $100. be requested to cover the expense of the permanent memorial. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond and Anthony Cataldo appeared before the Board at 8:50 P.M. The Chairman said that Cataldo had come in to talk about the matter of shade on the street light in Shade on front of his house at the corner of Rawson and Rindge Street Avenues. He read a petition sighed by four residents in Ito light- vicinity that the shade be removed. Cataldo asked how many Rawson of the neighbors complained, and the Chairman replied that Ave. four had, all in the same family. The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Theodore Kaplin regarding Cataldo's condition. Mr. Raymond asked Cataldo if he minded if the light shone in on the first floor, and he replied that he did not as he slept on the second floor. Mr. Raymond said that he would talk with Mr. Stevens of the Boston Edison Co. to see if a deep dome reflector could be put on w ich would shade the second floor and give the street suffigient light. Cataldo said this would be agreeable to him, and he retired at 8:55 P. M. At 8:56 P.M. Mr. T. A. Custance appeared before the Board. He said that he came in to discuss the place of property on Grant Street owned by the A. G. Davis Ice Co. Some time ago, the Town denied the owner the right to change the land to an M.1 district. It has been a sore spot since Request and Mr. Custance has suggested several times that the owner for do something to it to improve it . Recently the owner told bowling Mr. Custance that he was thinking of constructing a building alleys- for bowling alleys there . Mr. Custance asked if the Select- Grant St. men would grant a license to maintain bowling alleys in a building to be erected on the land. He said there was a very high assessment on the land and if this is not granted, the owner is going to ask for a substantial abatement of taxes. The Chairman said that the matter would have to be approved by the Board of Appeals first before the Selectmen could act on it . Mr. Custance retired at 9:00 P. M. The Chairman said that the Town had eight or ten claims against it in connection with the Vine Brook and North Lexington Sewer projects . Mr. Raymond said that there were seven cases on the North Lexington Sewer project and four cases on the Vine Brook Drainage project. Prior to Mr. P.W.A. Raymond's leaving here, he was working on some of these claims claims in an effort to get them settled. Mr. Raymond had gone about as far as he thought he could in getting them settled. He said that we had correspondedue in the Leary and Colonial Garage claims, but both of them came to an end 120Cam Cd CC) Cl where we could not accomplish anything more, apparently. The Chairman said that the Board must decide whether it would instruct Mr. Wrightington to take such action as will bring up these actions in Court to be cleaned up. The Federal government is after Mr. Wrightington to get him to submit and estimate of his expenses in relation to these suits and he cannot do this as he does not know that his expenses will be. There are four cases involving lowering of the water table and those will have to be tried anyway. Mr. Raymond said he would not recommend pushing all those cases as the coming season may show that there is no basis for the suits. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond if he believed we should try to settle the cases right away, and he replied in the affirmative and said that that included the Stevens suit. Stevens The Chairman asked if he would recommend having a conference in the Stevens case and he said that he would. He said there was no object. in waiting to settle the Ham, Wheeler,Stevens and Ice Co. suits. Mr. Locke moved that Mr. Wrightington be instructed to consult with Mr. Raymond and to take such steps as he deems advisable to have these cases advanced for trial with the exclusion of those cases involving a lowering of the water table and temporarily, the Stevens case pending a conference to be held with Mr . Stevens. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Chairman said that he told Rupert Stevens that as soon as the Town Meeting was over, that at his convenience the Board would make an appointment for him, his lawyer and the Town Counsel to discuss his claim against the Town. Mr. Wrightington said that as far as he knew, there was nothing Stevens further that he was to do unless a conference had been Meld. case. Mr. Rai'mond said that perhaps it would not be necessary to take up the Board' s time at the first meeting. He suggested that the conference be had with Mr. Stevens, his attorney, Mr. Wrightington and himself. The Clerk was instructed to tell Mr. Wrightington of Mr. Raymond' s suggestion and also to notify Mr. Stevens so that a preliminary conference might be arranged. Letter was received from Roger W. Brown atatingttt he felt the Town ahould accept the responsibility of correcting a flood condition in front of his house at 36 Outlook Drive because of the fact that water was running from Prospect Hill Drainage Road, an accepted street, onto Outlook Drive, an unaccepted Outlook street. He also read a letter from Mr Brown to Mr. Wright- Drive. ington telling him of the condition and asking if the Town intended to take any steps to remedy the condition. Letter was received from Mr. Paxton who made an investi- gation of the drainage system at the intersection of Downing- Road owningRoad and Outlook Drive. They found an existing pipe, varying from four inches to six inched in diameter, which was totally filled with material. They also found that practically every 121 length of pipe was either cracked or broken. The labor costs on this work was $33.10. Mr. Paxton felt that the only method of remedying the condition was the construction of a new drainage system. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond his opinion on the matter. He said he felt there was no legal liability on the Town as there is no artificial channel for the water from Prospect Hill Road. He said that perhaps the Board of Health could determin that there was a health menace and could order a drain put in and assess the cost on the person whom it was going to benefit. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond if he would talk with Mr. Wrightington and ask him to answer Brown's letter, and he said that he would. Letter was received from Mr. S. K. Hardy requesting consideration of the drainage on his property at Hill Street. Drainage He said that when the grade of Hill Street was altered to its Hill St. present level, the change caused a stoppage of the natural drainage . He thought that a lowering of the catch baainrtwo feet with corresponding lowering of its outlet, would take care of the situation. The Chairman read a report on the subject from Mr. Paxton. He said that an investigation indicated that the Town was not responsible for the condition of Hardy's land. He talked to a resident of the location for thirty years Who said therehad been no radical change of the street grade. This person also said that there had been water lying on this land every spring but during the summer it disappeared. Mr. Sarano thought that if Hardy cleaned the ditch on his own land, he would get satisfactory drainage. Mr. Rowse moved that Mr. Hardy be notified that there was no responsibility on the part of the Town for the drainage condition of his land. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. At 9:30 P.M. Messrs. Beach and Cosgrove appeared before the Board. The Chairman informed the group that letters had been received from Stephen F. Hamblin, owner of 93 Hancock Street, Jessie C. Corso of 75 Hancock Street, Rose J. Kelley of 81 Hancock Street, Leslie A. Bull of 83 Hancock Street, Gordon W. Robinson of 80 Hancock Street. and Charles E. Nichols, Jr. of 94 Hancock Street, all objecting to the construction of the sewer in Hancock Street. The Chairman said that before the vote on the sewers W.P.A. at the last Town Meeting, he made the statement that the Sewers. Town would not go into any streets udless it had at least 50% of the signatures or went in as a Board of Health measure. The reason for doing this was that the Appropriation Committee was prepared to submit a resolution to the Town Meeting on the matter. It was agreed, however, not to present the resolution if the preceding statement was made by the Selectmen. Mr. Cosgrove said that Mrs. Barnes, who had the assess- ment schedules on the Liberty Heights Sewer to take care of, 122 co tz had already received several signatures on the previous assessment sheets (which were not right) . Two weeks later when the new sheets were made up, she decided that she would explain that the assessments should be approximately one-half of the amount shown on the new sheet but would not ask for new signatures. We have signatures of 42% of the assesable area, which includes the Nichols tract. Cosgrove said he had talked with Mr. Nichols about deferring that assessment. He said that there was no doubt in his mind that if the people in this area keep their word, we will have about 60% of the signatures. He said that if everyone was contacted, he would not be surprised if it would go beyond that. The Chairman said he did not believe that we should make a move until everybody had been contacted. He thought it would be better to wait another week and make certain of this. Mr. Cosgrove said that this was a bad season of the year to contact the owners as of January 1st, 1940, as we do not know what property hall been transferred until the transfer cards come back from the Registry. The Chairman asked if he thought we should go ahead before every known owner had been contacted and he replied In the affirmative. The Chairman asked how the Town could justify itself. Mr. Cosgrove said he thought it would be justified in that we can only go by the Assessor' s books to be legally covered and that is what has been done. The Chairman asked if he could make the statement that every known owner of property had been contacted, and Cosgrove said that he could do that in all cases excepting where some notices had been mailed to out-of-town owners. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond if he thought the Selectmen should authorize going ahead on the project. Mr. Raymond said that as he understood it Mr. Cosgrove had a very high percentage of signatures on Oak Street. Cosgrove said he had almost 100%. Mr. Raymond said that Oak Street was going to be the slowest part of the job and was the opening wedge for sewers in Liberty Heights and therefor would have to be done first. He said that when Oak Street is being done and the Sewer Dept. has started making connections, he thought that other people in the neighborhood would begin to int extensions. The Board felt that the Oak Street job should be started as soon as possible. The Chairman said that Mr. Beach told him that if we go ahead with the Oak Street project, it will be necessary to have a recident engineer as there will be about 51 men on the job. The playground project will be closed down April let and 31 men will come from that job and 20 men from the tree trimming project. The Chairman asked if Mr. Beach could use the whole 50 men and he said that he could. Mr. Raymond asked how he was going to handle ledge excavation and he said he had in mind having it done by contract. Rrefeate Mr. Locke moved that the Winter Sports project be losed closed down not later that April 20, 1940. Mr. Sarano down. seconded that motion and it was so voted. Mr. Locke moved that the Tree Trimming project be EN; closed down not later than April 27. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Locke moved that the Selectmen order the opening of the Liberty Heights sewer project, but limit it for the present to Oak Street. Mr. Sarano Seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Sarano said that there was a two inch water main in Oak Street and he wanted to know if the Town was going Water main to make any prevision for the laying of a new main when the Oak St. sewer was being built. He said that water mains should go in the same trench with the sewer main. Mr. Ray. ond said that the Water Dept. had requested an appropriation of 3200. to provide for the installation of a ten inch water main in Oak Street to go in the same trench with the sewer. The two inch main takes care of only one house and that house has a lot of trouble in the cold weather. The cost now will be only one half of what it will be later on when a new trench will have to be dug. No action was taken on the matter. Mr. Locke moved that Mr. Beach secure prices on six inch, eight inch and ten inch V. C . pipe and such other materials as he may need. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so W.P.A. voted. materials The matter of the resident engineer was discussed, and Mr. Beach said that he had received an application from Allen W.P.A. H. Kennedy and from Frank Friend. Mr. Potter moved that Mr. resident Friend be appointed resident engineer at a salary not to engineer exceed *160. per month. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Clerk was requested to give Mr. Cosgrove copies of W.P.A. the letters received in opposition to the Hancock Street sewer sewer. Mr. Potter moved that Mr. Beach be authorized to purchase 1375 feet of 12 inch and 354 feet of 15 inch pipe for the Pipe North Hancock Street drain project. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Beach said that he had a request from W.P.A. head- quarters to be furnished a town newspaper each week and he W.P.A. asked permission to furnish them with a copy of the Minute- Man each week. The Board had no objection to this. Mr. Beach asked if the Board wanted to talk about opening up another lunch project, this one at the Munroe School. We are feeding the children now at the rate of W.P.A. four cents per person per day. We can"take three people lunchroom oft the Sewing Unit and put them on the Lunch project and project can feed thirty children per month for the amount of money they will be saved. The Chairman asked if Mr. Beach thought there would be enough money in the appropriation to take care 124 0.4 cb Cl of the two schools, and he replied in the affirmative. Mr. Beach suggested that the cooking be done at the Adams School and the food carried up to the Munroe School It was decided to hold the matter over until the next meeting. Messrs. Beach, Cosgrove and Raymond retired at 1012bP.M. Letter was received from the Planning Board requesting permission to have a glass covered bulletin board, 31 x 41 Bulletin placed either on the first or second floor of the Town Office Board- Building. The Planning Board wishes to display various maps Planning of planning sketches which it thinks would be of interest Bd. to the citizens. The Clerk was instructed to give Mr. Cosgrove a• copy of the letter and to bring the matter up at the next meeting. Welfare Ur. Morse appeared at 10:30 P.M. to discuss Welfare matters and retired at lltlb P.M. Letter was received from Clarence S. Walker calling the Board' s attention to the report of the Lexington Board of Retirement appearing in the Town Report. Mr. Walker Walker - asked that the Board compare the report of the Retirement re Retire- Board as published with that as rendered to the Board over ment his signature and remarked that there was a noticeable die.- Board ie•Board similarity. He assumed that the Board made the deletions Report in question and considered it within their rights to do so without even mentioning the matter to him. He said that if his assumption was correct and the Selectmen still felt that this was one of their perogatives, they might consider his letter his resignation as a member of the Retirement Board to take effect at once. Mr. Walker said he considered the matter of too great importance to permit the use of his name on a published report that differed from the one bearing his signature. It was decided to hold the matter over for one week. Letter was received from William C . Paxton advising Rental of that Paul Whipple of 15 Belfry Terrace wished to rent the grader. grader to scrape Belfry Terrace. Mr. Sarano moved that Mr. Whipple's request be granted subject to the usual charge. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from Mr. Paxton to which was Bids on attached a summary of bids received on painting materials. Paint. Mr. Paxton suggested dividing the order among sews companies so that he might have an opportunity to check the quality of each paint and satisfy the local bidders. The Board felt that the companies that kid did so on the total amount to be purchased and not on the basis of a small amount to be pur- chased from each concern. It was felt that such experimental work should be done in an experimental way. Mr. Rowse moved that the bids be sent back and that Mr. Paxton be asked where he wished to purchase his entire needs, but the motion was not seconded. 125 It was decided to let him go ahead and do it in the II manner recommended this time but to request him to do it differently in the future. Mr. Sarano asked if the Board wanted to authorize Mr. Garrity to plant trees at the Public Works Building to hide Trees at the unpleasant view of the dump, piled up snow fence, etc. P.W. They can get the trees free of charge and can have the Bldg. Welfare men do the work. The Board had no objection to this. Mr. Sarano moved that the following salary increased be affective April 1st conditioned upon final approval by the Town Meetings Salaries Eleanor M. Lowe from $32.00 per week to $34.00 per week Elinor E. Hubley " 13.00 " " " 15.00 " n Mary E. Corcoran n 19.00 " " " 20.00 " n John C . Lichtenberg " 20.00 " " " 22.00 " " Cidaliza Sousa " 15.00 " " " 14.00 " " James E. Collins " 22.50 " " " 25.00 " se Thomas F. Fardy, Jr. " 18.00 " " " 19.00 n n Muriel C. Edkins " 15.00 " " " 16.00 " n Doris M. Ohlson " 5. 0 " " " 16.00 " P Rita J. McNamara ft 12.00 " " " 13.00 " n Isabelle M. Harvey " 18.00 " " " 20.00 " n Ruth C. Hayes " 14.00 " " " 15,00 " r IIClayton F. Beach Joseph A. Ross " 30.00 " " " 35.00 " a' " $2300.00 per annum to $2500.00 per annum. Mr. Locke seconded the roMmt. and it was so voted. Mr. Sarano moved that all Clayton Beach's salary be charged to Public Works, Labor, Material and Expenses account. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Rowse moved that the salary of the Sealer of Weights and Measures be effective as of April 1st the same as other salaries. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Rowse moved that the salary of Mr. William C . Paxton be established at $3120.00 per year beginning January 1st, 1940. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from Marion B. Holt who operates a store at 854 Mass. Avenue, requesting permission to sell toy Request airplanes on Sundays. Mr. Potter moved that the request be for denied inasmuch as the Selectmen have no authority to grant Sunday such a permit. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so permit voted. denied. Request was received from the Sacred Heart Parish for permission to hold a carnival on the Viano lot on Mass. Ave. Request opposite Sylvia Street the Week of June 10th. The Clerk for was instructed to talk to Father Mackey, the curate, to find carnival II out if the agreement between the various organizations which permit. was made last year to the effect that they would take alternate turns in holding a carnival at East Lexington, did not carry over until this year. _ 126 C"4 to to Cl The matter was head over for one week. Letter was received from the Chamber of Commerce advising that that body has "Welcome to Lexington" signs designed to be erected in the- near future. The Chamber of Commerce felt that the minimum speed limit signs were very. "Welcome" objectionable because they were unsightly and because the signs. limiting of speed to thirty miles per hour seemed unnecessary and impracticable . They felt that the signs would be regarded by the motorists with amusement and contempt. The Chairman reminded the Board that the Police Dept. said that it could not enforce the speed limits unless the town was posted. The Clerk was instructed to advise the Chamber of Commerce of this. Letter was received from the Plumbing Inspector advising that he had made up a proposed by-law with reference to the installation and inspection of gas pipes. He suggested that the matter be taken before the Town Meeting so that it might be worked in unison with the revision of the Building and Plumbing By-laws. The Board felt that it was not necessary to bring the matter up at the Town Meeting, but did feel that the Plumbing Inspector should bring the matter to the attention of the new Building By-law committee after it has been appointed. A petition signed by 11 residents of Grant Street Grant St. requesting that the Town take steps to restsbre the street to the safe condition it was previous to the heavy travel to which it was subjected during the construction of the Vine Brook and North Lexington sewer projects, was received. A letter was received from Mr. Paxton stating that in his opinion the street was in no worse condition now than it has been in any previous spring. The Chairman said he was waiting for a reply from Mr. Raymond as to whether or not the contractors could be made to restore the street. The matter wa held over for one week. Mr. Paxton said that in 1939 the residents of Grant Abatement Street rented the grader to scrape the street and the cost Grant St. was $5.25 for labor and $20.31 for rental of the machine, making a total of $25.56. The residents collectednbn y $22.00 and the balance is outstanding. Mr. John MoKearney requested that the balance be abated. Mr. Potter moved that the Selectmen authorize the abatement of thebalance. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from Mr. Frank W. Dodge of 229 Bedford Street requesting permission to keep fifteen goats in the rear of his property rather than three. The Chair- man informed thetBoard that the Health Inspector had interviewed the people living in all the houses on Hillside 127 Terrace and all objected strenuously to the increasing of Request the permit from three to fifteen. Mr. Potter moved that the for request be denied. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it permit to was so voted. keep goats. Notice was received from Edwin B. Worthen of the expiration of fire insurance policy in the amount of $15,600. on April 15th. Mr. Potter moved that the policy be renewed Insurance through the same office for a period of five years. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Notice was received from George W. Taylor & Son of the expiration of fire insurance policy in the amount of $35,000. on April 15th. Mr. Potter moved that the policy be renewed through the same office for a period of five years. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Chairman stated that there was a $10,000. policy expiring April 16th through the office of George H. Gibson. Mr. Rowse moved that this policy be renewed through the office of W. S. Caouette for a period of five years . Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Chairman said that there was a $20,000. policy expiring on April 15th through the office of Robert S. Sturtevant. Mr. Rowse moved that the policy be renewed for a period of five years through the office of Elizabeth B. Holton. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Clerk stated that the sum of $58. would have to be added to Mr. Adams' figure of $654.00 for printing the Town Town Report to cover the reprints of the School and Accounting Report. Reports. Mr. Rowse moved that the appropriation be increased to $712.00. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Board signed certificate of character of Dorothea S. Dodge, 14 Percy Road and Eleanor B. Litchfield, 53 Dexter Cert. of Road, who have filed application with the Secretary of character State for the incorporation of Camp Allbridge, Incorporated. Security bond in the sum of $1,000. issued on behalf of Eleanor M. Lowe as Clerk in the office of the Selectmen Bonds. was approved. Mr. Sarano moved that the Selectmen vote to have the bond carried on Mr. Fred Longbottom as Building Inspector,, cancelled. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Upon motion of Mr. Potter, seconded by Mr. Rowse, it was voted to make the following declarations Deolarae The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation in Middlesex County, under the authority of General Laws, Chapter 40, section 15, and pursuant to a vote of the Town Meeting of Lexington en March 25, 1940, duly called and held, which vote was unanimously adopted, a copy 128 tO tt Cl of which vote is hereto annexed, hereby declare the easements- or asementoor rights in the said vote set forth to be abandoned, for the mnount and upon the terms-therein set forth. See Registered Land Certificate No. 34330, Book 229, P. 505. IN WITNESS WHEREOF this instrument has been signed by a majority of the Board- of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington this 2nd day of April, 1940. Archibald R. Giroux William G. Potter Errol H. Locke A. Edward Rowse George W. Sarano Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. On this 2nd day of April, 1940, personally appeared Archibald R. Giroux, Errol H. Locke, A. Edward Rowse, William G. Potter and George W. Sarano, and severally acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be then free act and deed as Selectmen as aforesaid, before me, James J. Carroll Notary Public. Mar. 14, 1945 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, hereby eertify that at a Town Meeting of the Town of Lexington duly called and held on March 25, 1940, pursuant to the follow- ing article in the Warrant for the said meeting: "Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to abandon certain rights and easements taken by eminent domain by the Town in an order of taking of a temporary leasehold interest in certain lands in connection with the Vine Brook Drain and Sewer Project." the following vote was duly and unanimously adopted: "Article 3. Whereas the Town by an order of taking dated September 27, 1938, and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6248, page 2, took by eminent domain a temporary leasehold interest for a term of two years in certain locations described in the said order of taking, more particularly described therein; and 129 "Whereas the Superintendent of Public Works having charge of the said easement has notified the Selectmen that in his opinion the said temporary leasehold interest in the parcel numbered (1) of the said locations described in the said order of taking is no longer required for public purposed; "Votedt That the Town authorize the abandonment of such easement or right and specify that no minimum amount be paid for such abandonment other than a proportionate cancellation by the owners of the land within the said location of any claim for damages for the use of the said land during the remainder of the two-year term for which the said leasehold interest was originally taken." A true copy: Attest= James J. Carroll Town Clerk. Letter was received from the Board of Registrars advising that registrations would be held on March 26th, April 2nd and April 10th. Registra- tions Letter was received from the Planning Board askingthat there be an inspection of the display map in the Cary Memorial Building to be sure that the suspension was per- Map. featly safe. It was decided to refer the matter to the Town Bngineer for report. The Planning Board requested permission to use the Planning Bd, Highway Dept. office for its meetings and to have a hanging meeting sign outside the door to identify it. room. The Clerk was instructed to ask Mr. Paxton if he had any objection to the Planning Board using his office. Request was received from the Boy Scouts for permission to maintain a stand at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Merriam April 19th Street on April 19th. Mr. Potter moved that the Selectmen permits inform the Boy Scouts that they would have no objection to this. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Chairman stated that the Boy Scouts wanted to put up an information booth 4 feet by four feet on Mass. Avenue opposite Pleasant Street on April 19th. They have the approval of the property owner. The Selectmen have no objection to the erection of such a booth. Letter was received from four property owners on Joseph Rd. Joseph Road and Spencer Street requesting the Town to make & Spencer St. a survey in order to obtain the cost of eenatruction. It was decided to request the Engineering Dept. to give the people the information when possible to do so. 130 r trir Letter was received from the April 19th committee April 19th inviting the Selectmen to review the parade at the Common invitations on Patriot's Day. The parade will leave East Lexington at 1,43 P.M. _Mr. Potter moved that the usual invitations to review the parade be sent out. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion and it was so voted. A bond in the penal sum of $1,000. issued on behalf Bond of John C . Russell as Constable was received. Mr. Rowse moved that the bond be approved. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from Mr. Garrity containing prices on arsenate of lead and fertilizer. Mr. Rowse moved that Mr. Garrity be authorized to make the purchase from the low bidder. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Potter moved that the following licenses be granted, Licenses . Kenneth H. Tefft,118 Cedar St. Peddler' s License Harry M. Hodeden, 870 Mass. Ave. " " Frederick W. Shaw, 15 Hamblen St. 2 Swine Frederick B. Hubley, 1 Winthrop Road Auctioneer's Arthur H. MeLearn, 1387 Mass. Ave. " Marie A. Miller, Marrett Road Sunday Sales James Phillips, 1802 Mass . Ave. " " John J. Kenealy, 856 Mass. Ave. " " Durand's, 1780 Mass. Ave. " " David Buttrick Co., 384 Bedford St. " " 111 Patrick Shanahan, 52 Pleasant Street Past. of Milk Edith VanAmring, 1711 Mass . Ave. Overhanging Sign Eugene H. Partridge, 1790 Mass. Ave. " " Mike & Christy Hallos, 1715 Mass. Ave. " s Durand's, 1780 Mass. Ave. " " Eugene Derby, 11 Waltham St. n " Chin Lee, 1784 Mass. Ave. so " n s Boston Edison Co., 1727 Mass. Ave. Gabriel Baker, 1741 Mass. Ave. n " Calvin W. Childs, 409 Mass. Ave. " " Ross Stores, 1789 Mass. Ave., 3 Depot Sq. " " Liggett Drug Co. , Inc. , 1721 Mass . Ave. " " W. S. Couette, 1765 Mass . Ave. it 1' F. K. Johnson, 3941 Bedford St. h Theatre Pharmacy, Inc. , 1792 Mass . Ave. " n William Viano, 1794 Mass. Ave. n n Ernest C . Martin, 1793 Mass. Ave. M 11 Colonial Garage, Inc., 1669 Mass. Ave. " r1 Edgar J. Thivierge, 1752 Mass. Ave. n n Louis J. Reynolds, 1736 Mass. Ave. Harriet L. Child, 1775 Mass. Ave. ti 11 Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted, Ill Letter was received from the Town Counsel advising that Appleton the case of Appleton vs. Lexington had been decided in favor case. of the Town. 131 Mr. Potter moved that the following uses of halls be allowed: American Legion - Cary Hall - April 26th; Lafayette Club - Cary- Hall - May 20th - subject to a fee of Use of Ha]11 $15; Briggs Class - Cary- Hall, April 14th - free of charge; The Red Cross - Conference Room, April 10th - free of charge. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Town •Counsel's bill in the sum of $1104.20 for his services and expenses in connection with the Cataldo Cataldo case was received. It was decided to hold the matter over case. for one week. Mr. Locke moved that the following be appointed to the Old Age Assistance Bureau: Mr. William G. Potter, Mr. A. Appoint- Edward Rowse and Mr. Luther R. Putney. Mr. Sarano seconded ment. the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Potter moved that Mrs. Irving Yelland be appointed as the new member of the Dental Clinic Committee and that Mrs. Frank Hudson and Mr. Thomas S. Grindle be reappointed. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Potter moved that Mr. John Milton Brown of Plymouth Road be appointed an Associate Member of the Board of Appeals. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Potter moved that the following Public Weighers be appointed: Public Weigher - William E. Mulliken Albert Bieren Harold I. Wellington John P. Coombs Jacob Bierenbroodspot Measurer of Grain - Albert Bieren Measurer of Wood Harold I. Wellington Measurer of Wood, Bark and Manure - Jacob Bierenbroodspot Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Stetter was received from the Red Cross requesting per- mission to use the three upstairs rooms in the ell of the Red Crosf Barnes house. The Chairman stated that the Building Inspector use of and the State Fire Marshal both approved this use. Mr. rooms- Potter moved that the Red Cross be allowed to use these Barnes rooms with the understanding that the town will not furnish house. janitor service in the evening. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from Mr. L. W. Slocomb of 91 Gleason Road asking that the portion of Lots 36 and 37, Block 22, Sale of Lexington Manor, which is registered land be transferred to lots. him at once. Mr. Sloeomb requested that the unregistered portion be transferred to his name as soon as possible. He 132 T said he had no intention of building on the property or of reselling the same but wished to protect the property which he now owns. Mr. Rowse moved that Mr. Wrightington be asked to pre- pare a deed for the registed portion of the land, which represents 88% of the total and that the cost of this be set at $264.00, leaving a balance of $36.00 to be paid for the remaining 12% which is unregistered. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from E. W. Larson and Sons of Old Adams Arlington offering to take down the Old Adams School for the School material in it and to pay the Town $5.00. The letter was placed on file. Letter was received from Mr. Paxton advising that the Rental of Dyar Sales & Machinery Co. had an Austin-Western pick-up sweeper. sweeper which they were renting to various communities at the rate of $35.00 per day, including the operator and fuel. He requested that he be authorized to rent the sweeper for from three to six days during the week beginning April 8th. Mr. Locke moved that Mr. Paxton be given this authority. Mr. Potter seconded thetmotion and it was so voted. The following commitments were signed: Water Rates- - $6043.40 Water Liens - 196.22 Water Miscellaneous charges - 93.78 Mr. Potter moved that Dr. Chester L. Blakely be appointed Inspector of Animals for the year ending March 31st, l04M, Appoint- that Mr. John J. Garrity be appointed Moth Supt for the ments same period and that Mr. George Whiting be appointed Slaughter Inspector for the same period. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The meeting adjourned at 1:07 ASM. A true record, Attest: ;W:a Clerk. 6 �� i